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Brusly — Carli Jo LeBlanc looked dominant for the first several innings Monday in a matchup of defending state champions.

The Brusly senior mowed through the 10 of the first 13 batters she faced en route to a no-hit, shutout performance in the Class 3A Panthers' 8-0 defeat of visiting Catholic-Pointe Coupee.

"That was probably my best game all year — just because I was focused, I had a good rest and I came back strong," LeBlanc said. "It didn't matter whether I struck 'em out or my defense got 'em out, they were outs."

A pair of Hornets reached base on errors in the top of the second, but LeBlanc and her teammates kept their cool and quickly returned to their stingy form from there.

"We took the fat pitch that she provided for us, the easiest one to hit," Catholic-Pointe Coupee Coach Lauren Doucet said. "I would say the girls did a good job of not chasing up in the zone, which we talked to them about, but as far as making adjustments at the plate from pitch to pitch and at-bat to at-bat, we just didn't do a job at all of that. She threw a good game. She obviously was throwing something we didn't see coming."

The Panthers (16-7) got on the board with two outs in the bottom of the second as second baseman Claire Daigle launched a pitch to deep left to bring home courtesy runner Alex Dexter and shortstop Madison Laprarie for the 2-0 lead.

"I was waiting for an outside pitch, so I could get it to right, because I knew that would score the runs," Daigle said. "But she came with the inside pitch, so I just turned on it, and it worked out."

Doucet was pleased with her own pitcher, Karly Bello, who kept the stout Brusly lineup to just two runs on four hits through the first five innings.

The Panthers struck again, and more emphatically in the bottom of the sixth, though.

"It was pretty big because we put more pressure on the other team," Daigle said. "That's always quality."

Shelby Willis reached on a Catholic-Pointe Coupee error, Kaitlin David drew a walk and Laprarie reach on an error to load the bases with just one out.

Jonette Fitzgerald doubled to right field to score Dexter and courtesy runner Kristin Hayslett and increase the margin to 4-0, and after Camryn Comeaux reached on a fielder's choice, Daigle added another RBI knock to left field to score Fitzgerald.

"We like her in the nine-hole," Brusly Coach Beau Bouvier said of Daigle. "At one point in the season, she was out top hitter, but we told her we were gonna keep her down there. We like her in that hole, and she likes it there too."

LSU commit Akiya Thymes drew a walk to load the bases, and ULM signee Carlie Comeaux doubled to score Camryn Comeaux, Daigle and Thymes and further stretch the lead to 8-0.

Daigle's 2-for-3 day and Carlie Comeaux's 2-for-4 performance led the Brusly offense, while David drew two walks, each of which allowed a courtesy runner to score.

"We thought going up, 2-0, on (Daigle's hit), that that score would hold," Bouvier said. "But in the sixth inning, Jonette came up with a two-run double, and then Claire came up with another hit to make it 5-0, and then we broke it open with Carlie (Comeaux's) hit, also. Clutch hits and good defense and good pitching, that's what it takes to win games."

Catholic-Pointe Coupee's loss was its second straight after a 16-0 start.

The Hornets also lost, 16-1, at Sacred Heart in Ville Platte on Thursday, but still appear poised to figure heavily in the Class 1A race once again.

"I'm all right with where we are," Doucet said. "We have a lot of growing to do, a lot of maturing to do, and they've got to come together as a defense and play behind regardless of who's on the mound. We've got to play as one solid unit on the field."